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May: No plans to deploy army on Brexit day

A Downing Street spokesman has denied press reports that the British army would need to be deployed on the day the UK leaves the EU in a 'no-deal' scenario, to distribute fuel, food, and medicines. "There are no plans to involve the army in this," the prime minister's office said on Monday, adding that it is in both the UK's and the EU's interest to secure a deal.

This is a political crisis unprecedented in Austria since the war: the resignation of the vice-chancellor, firing of the interior minister, the mass resignation of FPO ministers, a snap election, and a no-confidence vote in the Austrian parliament on Monday.

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A planned high-speed railway connection through the Alps between Italy and France has been highly controversial for decades and is pitting governing Italian coalition parties against each other. But the European Commission insists it must go ahead.